1. God grows our faith by ____________________.

Faith works like a muscle. When you work and strain a muscle, you produce thousands of little tiny tears in it, and then it grows back _________________. 

2. In testing our faith, God often bring us to the very ___________________.

God waited somewhere between _________________before keeping His promise. 

Why wait so long to fulfill it? Had God given Abram a son immediately, it would have called for rejoicing, but not _________________.

3. Confidence to risk for God comes from comprehending the _______________ of God. 

Isaac was not only what Abram loved most in the world; he was Abram’s only son and represented all of Abram’s hopes for the ____________. 

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
Genesis 15:1

And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.”
Genesis 15:3

What do you call that?  _________________

And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Gen 15:6

As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. 17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrate
Genesis 15: 12, 17-18 12

God makes himself responsible for _______________ of this covenant.

Was God’s Son dying because he hadn’t kept up his end of the bargain? No, he was dying because ________________________________.

True confidence doesn’t come from ___________ us. It comes from what was done ____ us.

4. Multiplying power comes from _________________.

No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:5

Immediately after this, Sarah got _________________.

God chooses to multiply faith that is ________________.

Because Abraham trusted God, ____________ are here today.